Return http 500 with Slim framework - php

Question

If somethings goes bad in my API i want to return a http 500 request.
$app = new Slim();
$app->halt(500);
It still return a http 200.
If i run this code:
$status = $app->response()->status();
echo $status; //Here it is 200
$status = $app->response()->status(500);
echo $status; //Here it is 500
it stills give me a http 200

Answer 1

The $app->response()->status(500); is correct, see the docs here.
Check to make sure you're calling $app->run(); after setting the status, this will prepare and output the response code, headers and body.
Edit, make sure you define a route or Slim will output the 404 response, this works:
require 'Slim/Slim.php';
\Slim\Slim::registerAutoloader();
$app = new \Slim\Slim();
$app->response()->status(500);
$app->get('/', function () {
// index route
});
$app->run();

Answer 2

If anyone still has this issue here is what I ended up doing:
Setup an error handler
$app->error(function (Exception $exc) use ($app) {
// custom exception codes used for HTTP status
if ($exc->getCode() !== 0) {
$app->response->setStatus($exc->getCode());
}
$app->response->headers->set('Content-Type', 'application/json');
echo json_encode(["error" => $exc->getMessage()]);
});
then, anytime you need to return a particular HTTP status throw an Exception with the status code included:
throw new Exception("My custom exception with status code of my choice", 401);
(Found it on the Slim forum)

Answer 3

If you have to push header after $app->run(), you can always rely on the header php function:
header('HTTP/1.1 401 Anonymous not allowed');

Answer 4

Slim framework v2 wiki status
require 'Slim/Slim.php';
\Slim\Slim::registerAutoloader();
$app = new \Slim\Slim();
$app->get('/', function () use ($app) {
$app->response()->setStatus(500);
$app->response()->setBody("responseText");
return $app->response();
});
$app->run();
or
$app->get('/', function () use ($app) {
$app->halt(500, "responseText");
});